益 → 困
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Yilin Verse
盜竊滅身，貳母不親。王后無黨，毀其寶靈。
Theft and plunder destroy the person; the stepmother finds no love. The queen stands without allies; her precious spirit is broken.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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